Gardening

Whether you’re a gardening novice or you have a natural green thumb, there’s always more to learn about growing and harvesting vegetables, herbs, flowers and more.

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10 Tips for a Fabulous Fall Flower Garden

Follow these helpful tips for creating the best fall flower garden this year.


When and How Often You Should Water Your Plants

When plants fail, lack of water is often to blame. Discover when and how often to water plants by learning...


The ‘Wee Bit Giddy’ Hydrangea Is the GORGEOUS Flower Missing from Your Garden

'Wee Bit Giddy' is a new color-changing hydrangea that will bring all kinds of beauty to your landscape.


10 Easy Ways to Keep Backyard Pests Away This Summer

Summertime and the living is...not so easy. At least it's not so easy when you have insect problems. Send these...


8 Genius Ways to Use Dryer Lint in Your Backyard and Garden

Dryer lint should be collected after each load of laundry to prevent a fire hazard. Here are some good uses...


15 Things You Shouldn’t Do To Your Lawn

Whether you have a green thumb or not, it’s easy to maintain a blissful, barefoot-worthy backyard.


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How Heat and Humidity Impact Outdoor Plants

If your garden is struggling in high heat or humidity, you may need to consider your plant selection and whether...


8 Flowers That Attract Hummingbirds

Want to see energetic little hummingbirds zipping through your garden? These nectar-rich blooms will keep them buzzing back for more.

Top 10 Colorful Flowers Hummingbirds Love

Hummingbirds flock to blooms in every color of the rainbow. Turn your garden into a hummingbird haven with flowers such...


12 Invasive Plants That Might Be Hiding In Your Yard

Stop invasive plants in their tracks. We'll show you how to remove common varieties from your yard.


How to Get Rid of the 10 Worst Garden Insects

As if weeds and weird weather weren't bad enough, gardeners also have to face insect pests. Here's a look at...


The Right Way to Harvest Your Summer Vegetables

It's the most wonderful time of the year: harvest season! Here's the right way to harvest the most popular summer...


Here’s How to Change the Color of Your Hydrangeas

If your hydrangea blooms are pink instead of blue—or vice versa—there's a way to get the color you want. Here's...


7 Gardening Mistakes You Might Be Making with Your Perennial Plants

Your flower beds aren't living up to that gardening magazine ideal? You may be making one of these common perennial...


13 Perennial Vines Your Garden Can’t Go Without

Add perennial vines to your landscape for gorgeous, vertical beauty that lasts for years. Here's a closer look at plants...


The Do’s and Don’ts of Growing Hostas

Everyone with shade in their garden knows the value of hostas, but not everyone knows how to landscape with these...


Chives: How to Grow, Harvest and Use Chives

If your only experience with chives is buying them at the store, it's time to learn about growing this herb...

Forcing Rhubarb: This Growing Technique Will Give You Sweeter Rhubarb

This technique is well-known across the pond, but may be less familiar to gardeners in the US. Learn what forcing...


How to Prune Herbs (And Why You Definitely Should)

Learn how to prune herbs to keep your plants thriving!


13 Vegetables That Grow in Record Time

Master Gardeners reveal the fastest growing veggies—plus a few foods you can grow without seeds!


12 Perennial Vegetables That Grow Back Year After Year

With all the seed buying and gardening that happens in spring, people forget that there are perennial vegetables that grow...


What Every Gardener Should Know About Topsoil

For plants, soil is the great provider—their source for moisture and nutrients. See why topsoil is tops for your garden...


20 Vegetables You Shouldn’t Grow Together

Some plants compete for nutrients or space, or they attract damaging insects or fungus. Here are some incompatible plant combinations.

13 Ways to Take Your Garden From Good to Great

From better potting mix to saying no to pesticides, improve your yard with this gardener's dozen.


10 Easy Plants You Can Grow in a Container Garden

Discover the beauty of growing plants in containers. We highlight an easy-to-grow species for each category, from flowers to vegetables...


10 Solutions for Your Most Common Gardening Problems

So you think you can't grow anything? Here are 10 common excuses—and how to turn them into successes.


Planting Calendar: When to Plant These Popular Vegetables

Want to grow your own vegetables, but don't know when to plant them? We have the answers for you!


How to Regrow Celery from Scraps

Use this simple and kid-friendly guide to grow your own celery at home.


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10 Tips to Create an Affordable Garden

The average household spends more than $500 on gardening annually, but you can do it for much less with these...